diff --git a/auxdir/x_ac_slurm_ssl.m4 b/auxdir/x_ac_slurm_ssl.m4
index 40cb0a5e11198b55835b77d3b16de2a03e780294..5878d90cf0c18a5f75f43283777209cdcef4376b 100644
--- a/auxdir/x_ac_slurm_ssl.m4
+++ b/auxdir/x_ac_slurm_ssl.m4
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([X_AC_SLURM_WITH_SSL], [
   
   SSL_LIBS="-lcrypto"
   
-  AC_ARG_WITH(ssl-dir,
+  AC_ARG_WITH(ssl,
     AC_HELP_STRING([--with-ssl=PATH],[Specify path to OpenSSL installation]),
     [ tryssldir=$withval ]
   )